There’s a danger for first-time founders buying into this 100% — having special knowledge in a subject gives us a big advantage, we can’t all just hire experts

There’s a danger for first-time founders buying into this 100% — having special knowledge in a subject gives us a big advantage, we can’t all just hire experts like Levchin and other successful repeat well-funded founders can. We have to be the experts (or team up with them). That expertise is probably coming from either a love of (or at least a familiarity with) a subject.